STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER's Oscar Isaac Believes A Return As Poe Dameron Is Off The Cards

"Probably, but who knows. If I need another house or something."

How did Star Wars waste a dude this based. Also looks like a bad-ass in the new Paul Schrader film

I wouldn't go back either if Disney keeps releasing low-quality dreck with a Star Wars stamp on them.

The more I think about it, the more I think Poe was one of the most under utilised characters in the entire trilogy. He started off in Episode 7 as a clear Han Solo rip off (the only difference being his strong ties to the Resistance Vs Han's reluctance to join the Rebellion in the OT). It's pretty obvious his role was expanded at the last minute and he was meant to be killed off when he and Finn crashed on Jakku, explaining his lengthy absence before his return, and his role being limited to "amazing pilot" after that point.

Episode 8 at least sets up an interesting arc where he has to set aside his ego and learn to be a leader but even then but even then he doesn't get to do much - if they'd reworked/scrapped that Canto Bight sequence and had him actually out there in the field with Finn and Rose at least that would be an improvement.

And then Episode 9 kinda forgets that leadership arc he was being set up for, gives him a bit of a (shoehorned) backstory and then doesn't really have him do much else except crack wise up until the finale when they then try to give him a Captain America "On your left" Endgame moment which feels completely unearned.

There's a clear arc already there - petty criminal born to heroic parents, turned loyal resistance fighter and highly skilled but reckless pilot, to a young leader not yet ready to have the weight of the galaxy on his shoulders.

How do you take an actor of Oscar Isaac's calibre, cast him as a character who clearly has potential to be an interesting addition to the franchise, and waste it all that badly?

Harrison Ford would be proud.

I always think back to that interview Oscar gave for TROS with Keri Russell, wherein he was asked if he’d ever consider doing a Poe Dameron Disney+ spinoff series to which he enthusiastically responded “NOPE!” to which Keri laughed and responded “I [frick]in love you!”

It certainly seems like the cast of the sequel trilogy didn’t like working on these movies.

I didn't like much in the sequel trilogy but the cast was certainly a highlight.
Could have done so much with these talented people like Oscar and yet they were wasted in three movies that all set out to do something else and failed at each of their individual goals.
The first one wanted to bring something familiar to offer a new start and yet evoked more feelings of laziness.
The second film attempted to be a smart diversion of expectations and instead turned itself into a self indulgent filler episode with little to no value except pitting the fanbase against one another.
And ultimately the third film tried to rectify the first two mistakes by being new and fan pleasing and instead became a convoluted mess that felt like two movies crammed into one.

To be clear I don't blame the directors and writers here, they're both individually talented. I might not like Rian's attitude but I love his other work and JJ is a director/filmmaker I've adored since he made Alias.
You can't even blame Disney as we know that they're pretty hands-off where their subsidiaries are concerned as long as they follow their set paradigms. The people I blame are the higher-ups at LucasFilm. The ones who decided to not go with a road-map for the new trilogy and refused to plan out the coming movies.
They had a great blue print in their sister studio with Marvel and yet failed by going the complete opposite direction.

Disney's Star Wars had the makings of greatness but in the end failed under it's own weight by miscalculations.

PS: still pissed that they didn't put in a scene of Palpatine revealing himself and instead chose to do that in Fortnite...

The problem with all of those movies is that they hired people who could give a rat's ass either way about Star Wars. JJ Abrams is not a fan and didin't understand what it's all about. What I love about the Mandalorian is that they have gathered a group of film makers who not only grew up as SW fans but understand what makes it great. It's the developmental league with Favreau and Filoni guiding the ship. If anything from the most recent slate of moves survives I will be stunned.

Methinks Baby Yoda has arrived to revive the Jedi and that will be the focus of SW for the next 10 years.